Bach composed the cantata at a decisive turning point in his career. Moving from posts in the service of churches and courts to the town of Leipzig on the first Sunday after Trinity, 30 May 1723, he began the project of composing a new cantata for every occasion of the liturgical year. He began his first annual cycle of cantatas ambitiously with Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in an unusual layout of 14 movements in two symmetrical parts, to be performed before and after the sermon. Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, performed a week later, has the same structure.
Librettist | anonymous |
Date of composition | 1723 in Leipzig, Germany |
First published | 1870, unsure; in Leipzig, Germany |
Type | Cantata |
Tonality | C Major |
Catalogue | BWV 76 |
Approx. duration | 35 minutes |
Spoken language | German |
Instruments |
Oboe
Oboe d'amore Trumpet Viola da gamba Strings Continuo Voice (Soprano) Voice (Alto) Voice (Tenor) Voice (Bass) Chorus/Choir |
Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes en do majeur, BWV 76 ""The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes in do maggiore, BWV 76 ""The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes C-dur, BWV 76 ""The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God"" |